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The pardon of the January 6 insurrectionists echoed the 1868 pardon of Confederate soldiers. The effects include the meld of Confederate values with the far right politics of today. (SAUL LOEB / Getty Images)

157-year-old pardon still impacts today

CK Smith

Historical amnesty to confederates is often cited in discussions about pardons for political violence and democracy

President Trump and Melania took some time on Christmas Eve to answer calls from children asking about Santa's location via the fun, traditional NORAD Santa Tracker. Trump used it to discuss political issues like the election and "clean coal" with children from across the country. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Getty Images)

Trump Xmas Eve: Kids call + online rant

CK Smith

After joining NORAD’s Santa tracking calls, the president used social media for yet another late-night tirade

Pope Leo gave his first Christmas address before thousands of faithful at the Vatican and continued his message of peace, compassion, and Christ-like faith. (Simone Risoluti - Vatican Media via Vatican Pool / Getty Images)

Pope: "Welcome the stranger" like Jesus

CK Smith

In Christmas address, pontiff urged believers to embrace migrants, reject rhetoric rooted in fear and exclusion

Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser in "Marty Supreme" (A24)

The steep sacrifice of "Marty Supreme"

Coleman Spilde

Timothée Chalamet and director Josh Safdie pursue greatness at all costs in their thrilling, meta new film

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Scene from "Christmas in Connecticut" (John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

A Christmas classic, a perfect food film

Ashlie D. Stevens

"Christmas in Connecticut" is a screwball holiday comedy where food, farce and love mix with effortless charm

OxyContin pill bottles scattered in front of protestors of the opioid crisis. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The overdose crisis is turning around

Libby Jones

More people are around for the holidays because of treatment options. That success is at risk unless Congress acts

Rob Reiner, Michele Singer, Romy Reiner, Nick Reiner, Maria Gilfillan and Jake Reiner at "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues" Los Angeles Premiere on September 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)

Reiner's killing and the "slayer rule"

Naomi Cahn, Reid Kress Weisbord - The Conversation

Slayer rules come into play when someone who stands to inherit assets is found liable for murder

Diane Keaton as Sybil Stone in "The Family Stone" (20th Century Fox)

A holiday viewing guide for every taste

Hanh Nguyen

From "The Family Stone" to Christmas caped crusaders, we've got you covered

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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool/Getty Images)

Judge: DHS playing politics with funds

Garrett Owen

A federal judge called recent funding cuts to Democratic states "arbitrary" and unconstitutional

Bobby Vylan of Bob Vylan performs onstage during a concert at Vicar Street on November 26, 2025 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Kieran Frost/Getty Images)

Police drop investigation into Bob Vylan

Alex Galbraith

UK authorities launched a probe into the act after they led an anti-IDF chant at Glastonbury earlier this year

Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, MA on 9/8/04. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)

Epstein may have had 10 "conspirators"

Garrett Owen

It is not clear what became of the investigation into some of the co-conspirators

President Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump says "Humbug" to late-night hosts

Alex Galbraith

The president threatened broadcast licenses in an early Christmas Eve post

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Megyn Kelly speaks during a TPUSA "American Comeback Tour" stop on Sept. 24, 2025. (ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

It's Megyn Kelly vs. everybody

Sophia Tesfaye

Kelly may be the biggest loser in the Erika Kirk-Candace Owens feud

Christmas lights in Veterans Memorial Park, Port St. Lucie, Florida (Getty Images)

Christmas can't escape our war fetish

Daniel Secatore

The Trump administration's deadly boat strikes are set against an increasingly militarized version of Christmas

Reginald Owen stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1938 motion picture "A Christmas Carol" (John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

The timeless gift of Scrooge

Coleman Spilde

From the Muppets to "A Diva's Christmas Carol," the holiday spirit grants us the ability to hope for a better world

Josh Stein gives a speech during his campaign for governor in Raleigh on November 4, 2024. (Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images)

NCGOP plot to seize power from Democrats

Doug Bock Clark - ProPublica

GOP lawmakers have passed law after law stripping powers from Democratic governors

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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 23: Activist Greta Thunberg is arrested and sits in the back of a police van outside the offices of Aspen Insurance on December 23, 2025 in London, England. The activists targeted the company due to its alleged business relationship with the Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems. They are also protesting in support of six of the so-called "Filton 24" prisoners who were arrested in 2024 and have been refusing food for over 50 days while being held on remand ahead of a trial. (Photo by Martin Pope/Getty Images)

Thunberg arrested at Palestine protest

Garrett Owen

The arrest is in keeping with the UK's ban on the group

Bari Weiss (Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Free Press)

Canned "60 Minutes" story airs in Canada

Garrett Owen

Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss claimed the story "wasn't ready" but it found its way online anyway

Donald Trump and his then-girlfriend, Melania Knauss, alongside future convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago on February 12, 2000. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images))

New trove of Epstein docs name Trump

Garrett Owen

The recent release of Epstein files are peppered with mentions of the president

"Another Beatles Christmas Show" at the Hammersmith Odeon, London 23rd December 1964. (Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

The inside joke of Beatles Xmas singles

Caryn Rose

Released annually from 1963 to 1969, these collectible albums now feel like a holiday time capsule

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Homemade Christmas gifts (MarKord /Getty Images)

Homemade holiday food gifts, done well

Ashlie D. Stevens

Simple, delicious and stress-free ways to make treats for everyone on your list

Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

MAGA is showing cracks over religion

Heather Digby Parton

As Trump and Vance attack immigrants and proclaim religious liberty, some Christian denominations are uncomfortable

Vice President JD Vance speaks at Turning Point USA's annual AmericaFest conference  on Dec. 21, 2025. ( Caylo Seals/Getty Images)

JD’s 2028 strategy: Be worse than Trump

Amanda Marcotte

Vance sees a future in people who call Hitler "a great leader"

Social and political issue of healthcare and medicine changes and reform in USA politics and policies, symbolized by a close-up of a stethoscope resting on a the cloth fabric of the United States flag.

Reinventing public health under Trump

Nicole Karlis

California, New York and others are forming health alliances, marking an uncharted chapter in public health

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